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TOWN OF LOS GATOS
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
110 EAST MAIN STREET
TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
4:00 PM
Barry Cheskin, Chair
Susan Burnett, Vice Chair
Adam Mayer, Planning Commissioner
Martha Queiroz, Committee Member
Lee Quintana, Committee Member
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CALL MEETING TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS (Members of the public are welcome to address the Historic
Preservation Committee on any matter that is not listed on the agenda and is within the subject
matter jurisdiction of the Committee. To ensure all agenda items are heard, this portion of the
agenda is limited to 30 minutes. In the event additional speakers were not able to be heard during
the initial Verbal Communications portion of the agenda, an additional Verbal Communications
will be opened prior to adjournment. Each speaker is limited to three minutes or such time as
authorized by the Chair.)
CONSENT ITEMS (Items appearing on the Consent Items are considered routine Town business
and may be approved by one motion. Any member of the Committee may request to have an
item removed from the Consent Items for comment and action. Members of the public may
provide input on any or multiple Consent Item(s) when the Chair asks for public comments on
the Consent Items. If you wish to comment, please follow the Participation Instructions
contained on Page 1 of this agenda. If an item is removed, the Chair has the sole discretion to
determine when the item will be heard.)
1. Draft Minutes of the November 15, 2023 Historic Preservation Committee Special
Meeting
2. Draft Minutes of the December 20, 2023 Historic Preservation Committee Special
Meeting
PUBLIC HEARINGS (Applicants and their representatives may be allotted up to a total of five
minutes maximum for opening statements. Members of the public may be allotted up to three
minutes to comment on any public hearing item. Applicants and their representatives may be
allotted up to a total of three minutes maximum for closing statements. Items
requested/recommended for continuance are subject to the Committee’s consent at the meeting.)
3. Consider a Request to Remove a Pre-1941 Property from the Historic Resources
Inventory for Property Zoned R-1D. Located at 18 Oak Hill Way. APN 529-34-052.
Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Section 15061(b)(3). Request for Review PHST-23-020.
Property Owner/Applicant: Vanessa Young. Project Planner: Ryan Safty.
4. Requesting Approval for Construction of Exterior Modifications and a New Second-Story
Addition to an Existing Noncontributing Single-Family Residence on Property in the
Almond Grove Historic District Zoned R-1D: LHP. Located at 215 Massol Avenue. APN
510-16-022. Categorically Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301: Existing
Facilities. Request for Review Application PHST-23-017. Property Owner: Jim and Sara
McManis. Applicant: Jay Plett. Project Planner: Suray Nathan.
5. Requesting Approval for a Revision to the Approved Exterior Materials on an Existing
Residence on Property Located in the University-Edelen Historic District Zoned R-
1D:LHP. Located at 202 University Avenue. APN 529-04-001. Categorically Exempt
Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301: Existing Facilities. Minor Development in a
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Historic District Application HS-24-003. Property Owner: Tyler and Kristine
Shewey. Applicant: Jay Plett, Architect. Project Planner: Sean Mullin.
6. Consider a Request for Construction of Exterior Alterations (Window Replacement) to
an Existing Pre-1941 Single-Family Residence on Property Zoned R-1:8. Located at 179
Loma Alta Avenue. APN 532-29-037. Request for Review PHST-23-024. Property
Owner: Linda Van Mouwerik. Applicant: Hilda Ramirez, Renewal by Andersen. Project
Planner: Sean Mullin
7. Consider a Request to Remove a Pre-1941 Property from the Historic Resources
Inventory for Property Zoned R-1:8. Located at 14335 La Rinconada Drive, Parcel 1.
APN 409-14-026. Categorically Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301:
Existing Facilities. Request for Review PHST-23-023. Property Owner: Nicholas Gera.
Applicant: Greg Zierman. Project Planner: Erin Walters.
OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the following
items.)
8. Preliminary Review for Construction of Exterior Alterations and a New Second-Story
Addition to an Existing Pre-1941 Single-Family Residence on Property Zoned R-
1D. Located at 80 Cleland Avenue. APN 529-33-026. Categorically Exempt Pursuant to
CEQA Guidelines Section 15301: Existing Facilities. Request for Review PHST-23-
021. Property Owner: Dinesh Mishra. Applicant: Davide Giannella, Acadia
Architecture. Project Planner: Erin Walters.
9. Election of Chair and Vice Chair
ADJOURNMENT
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to participate in this meeting, please contact the Clerk’s Office at (408) 354- 6834. Notification at
least two (2) business days prior to the meeting date will enable the Town to make reasonable
arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. [28 CFR §35.102-35.104]
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